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So, thinking about the fatal crashes of Uber and Tesla the last few
weeks and the building public backlash, I wondered how it might
affect the perception of the DPRG's own autonomous robot projects
and future?<br>
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And then a new logo for our little group popped into my head that
might be useful going forward, to separate us from the fray and make
us more unique, and which I offer to the group thusly:<br>
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<u>The Dallas Personal Robotics Group</u><br>
<i>"We haven't killed anybody yet."<br>
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</i>A time will come when none of the big players in the field will
be able to make a similar claim! <br>
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I'd wear that T-shirt. Guess we'll need to trademark it.(TM) <br>
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cheers<br>
dpa<br>
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PS: I'm just assuming this is true. Does anyone know otherwise?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/31/2018 12:22 PM, John Swindle
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Why didn't the car
nose-plant the driver on the windshield with a rib-crushing
panic stop? Brakes are always far, far more powerful than
engines, and those cars can accelerate wonderfully, so they
can stop even better. Even if it began a panic stop and
could not avoid the obstacle, the energy would be far less,
and it's better to chance being rear-ended than to
definitely hit something.</span><br>
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<div>A friend's Toyota truck nose-plants me when someone crosses
our lane half a block away. Makes no sense for Uber and Tesla
to not force panic stops. </div>
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<div>Makes no sense.</div>
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<div>Also, Tesla is once again touting their safety record. This
time, they upped the statistic by about 10 times over the stat
they used in their previous fatality, when in fact the stats
are at least twice as bad as before.</div>
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<div>Makes no sense.</div>
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<div>Just don't hit anything. Anything. Learn to stop. No need
to special-case tens of thousands of conditions. Just don't
hit anything.<br>
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John Swindle</div>
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From: David Anderson via DPRGlist
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Sent: Sat, Mar 31, 2018 11:56 am<br>
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New statement from Tesla about last week's fatal crash:<br>
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TL;DR summary: Autopilot was engaged but did not respond,
three hands on <br>
wheel warnings were given to driver.<br>
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-dpa<br>
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